Finland is an evocative land. The very mention of it conjures visions of endless darkness, long, cold wintry nights and an almost oppressive bleakness. It is within this icy cauldron that the soul of INSOMNIUM was borne. Their music is as epic as it is melodic, as melancholic as it is majestic and as brutal as it is beautiful. To cal...

Shortly before their 2010 tour with DARK TRANQUILLITY, Finnish melodic death metallers INSOMNIUM recorded the new track "Weather The Storm" with Mikael Stanne (DARK TRANQUILLITY) on guest vocals and performed the song together in London on September 28, 2010. Director Janne Tamminen filmed the show and you can now watch the cl...

Finnish melodic death metallers INSOMNIUM have issued the following update: "The fifth INSOMNIUM studio album is beginning to take shape. We had a three-day training and songwriting session last week and we can now say that we have about eight songs more or less ready. We are entering the studio in April so we should have enough time t...

Finnish melodic death metallers OMNIUM GATHERUM will release their fifth album, "New World Shadows", via Lifeforce Records on the following dates: Germany, Austria, Switzerland: February 4, 2011 Sweden, Finland, Hungary: February 9, 2011 Rest Of Europe: February 7, 2011 North America: March 1, 2011 The CD was recorded at Astia...

Professionally filmed video footage of INSOMNIUM's performance at this year's Ilosaarirock festival, which was held July 16-18, 2010 in Joensuu, Finland, can be viewed at this location (courtesy of the Finnish broadcasting company YLE). INS...